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Researcher · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · Germany

Thomas Bierschenk

Thomas Bierschenk publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Development, on topics such as African history and culture studies, International Development and Aid and Agriculture and Rural Development Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-2423-7358 OpenAlex
World rank
#116,212
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#7,355
of 86,443
Works
26
Citations
94
Citations per work
3.6

What does Thomas Bierschenk research?

Sociology and Political Science: 35.3%Anthropology: 17.6%Development: 11.8%Political Science and International Relations: 11.8%other fields: 23.5%35%top field
Sociology and Political Science35.3%Anthropology17.6%Development11.8%Political Science and International Relations11.8%other fields23.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science35% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology18% of their works
  3. 3Development12% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations12% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas Bierschenk's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Development Policies, Foreign Aid, Post-Colonial Africa, Aging, Comparative Law, Elderly and Eritrea.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism21 topic
  2. Development Policies21 topic
  3. Foreign Aid21 topic
  4. Post-Colonial Africa21 topic
  5. Aging11 topic
  6. Comparative Law11 topic
  7. Elderly11 topic
  8. Eritrea11 topic
  9. Ethiopia11 topic
  10. Global Development Goals11 topic
  11. Globalization11 topic
  12. Livestock Farming11 topic
  13. Migrations11 topic
  14. Sahara11 topic
  15. Sustainability11 topic
  16. Tunisian Revolution11 topic

Where does Thomas Bierschenk work?

Thomas Bierschenk's main affiliation in the publication record is Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Thomas Bierschenk have?

Science Explorer counts 26 works and 94 citations for Thomas Bierschenk, ranking #116,212 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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